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Mississippi Business NewsMon, 19 Mar 2018 15:01:51 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.345828637Ex-circuit clerk Palmertree gets 10 years for embezzlementhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/10/ex-circuit-clerk-palmertree-gets-10-years-embezzlement/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/10/ex-circuit-clerk-palmertree-gets-10-years-embezzlement/#respondWed, 01 Oct 2014 12:07:39 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=94265VICKSBURG — A former Warren County circuit clerk has been sentenced for embezzlement while in office, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Shelly Palmertree was sentenced today after pleading guilty before Circuit Court Judge Henry Lackey. Lackey sentenced Palmertree to 10 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, five to serve, five ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/10/ex-circuit-clerk-palmertree-gets-10-years-embezzlement/feed/094265Chickasaw County circuit clerk dies of cancerhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/09/chickasaw-county-circuit-clerk-dies-cancer/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/chickasaw-county-circuit-clerk-dies-cancer/#respondTue, 09 Sep 2014 12:50:53 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=93293HOUSTON — Chickasaw County Circuit Clerk Sandra Willis has died Willis, first elected in 1992, died Sunday after suffering from cancer. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Willis was a Houston school teacher before she was elected to the clerk’s office. The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors plans to appoint an interim circuit clerk ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/chickasaw-county-circuit-clerk-dies-cancer/feed/093293Circuit clerks question how to get records to McDaniel's trialhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/08/circuit-clerks-question-get-records-mcdaniels-trial/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/08/circuit-clerks-question-get-records-mcdaniels-trial/#respondThu, 28 Aug 2014 11:38:30 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=92776LAUREL — Attorneys for Chris McDaniel have issued subpoenas demanding election records from more than half of Mississippi’s counties for a lawsuit that seeks to overturn his Republican primary loss to Sen. Thad Cochran. Some circuit clerks said yesterday that gathering records will require a great deal of work and expense. A McDaniel subpoena demands ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/08/circuit-clerks-question-get-records-mcdaniels-trial/feed/092776Court wants more info from McDaniel on voting records requesthttp://msbusiness.com/2014/07/court-wants-info-mcdaniel-voting-records-request/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/07/court-wants-info-mcdaniel-voting-records-request/#respondWed, 16 Jul 2014 12:21:51 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=91108JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court is seeking more information about state Sen. Chris McDaniel’s request for voting records as he prepares a possible challenge of his loss to Sen. Thad Cochran in a Republican primary runoff. Three justices yesterday asked McDaniel to tell them what laws address the disclosure of voters’ personal information. They’re ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/07/court-wants-info-mcdaniel-voting-records-request/feed/091108Palmertree handed another demand; total surpasses $1Mhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/05/palmertree-handed-another-demand-total-surpasses-1m/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/palmertree-handed-another-demand-total-surpasses-1m/#respondThu, 22 May 2014 22:19:54 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=89265VICKSBURG — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has issued a civil demand for $229,880 from former Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley Palmertree. That brings the total amount of demands issued against her to more than $1.04 million. Pickering said today in a news release that amount represents fees that Palmertree withdrew from the civil and ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/palmertree-handed-another-demand-total-surpasses-1m/feed/089265Supervisors force Palmertree out of officehttp://msbusiness.com/2014/05/supervisors-force-palmertree-office/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/supervisors-force-palmertree-office/#respondTue, 20 May 2014 12:06:02 +0000http://msbusiness.com/businessblog/?p=10508The saga of one Mississippi circuit clerk has taken another turn, and she now finds herself unemployed. The Warren County Board of Supervisors has forced Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley Palmertree from office after finding that she doesn’t live in the county. The board voted unanimously yesterday following a hearing on the evidence. In July 2013, ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/supervisors-force-palmertree-office/feed/0102033New anti-abortion initiative uncertain as deadline nearshttp://msbusiness.com/2014/05/new-anti-abortion-initiative-uncertain-deadline-nears/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/new-anti-abortion-initiative-uncertain-deadline-nears/#respondMon, 12 May 2014 13:33:48 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=88976JACKSON — Organizers have little time left to push for a new Mississippi ballot initiative that would declare life begins at conception. Abortion opponents face a Wednesday deadline to submit petitions to put the proposed state constitutional amendment on the November 2015 ballot. It would be nearly identical to a ballot initiative that 58 percent ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/04/court-denies-appeal-circuit-clerk-use-tax-money-defense/feed/088003Palmertree blocked from using public funds for legal defensehttp://msbusiness.com/2014/03/palmertree-blocked-using-public-funds-legal-defense/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/03/palmertree-blocked-using-public-funds-legal-defense/#respondWed, 05 Mar 2014 12:11:41 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=86514VICKSBURG — Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Dewayne Thomas has ordered Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Palmertree to no longer use taxpayer money to pay for her attorneys’ fees, according to State Auditor Stacey Pickering. Thomas opined that he believes the action before the court is a personal action by Palmertree and not an action ...